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title: Jobs and what people earn — how Mova does on the tests · Money
description: Lesson 29 of the money course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Jobs and what people earn

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**Tests:** 6 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 7 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 29 of the money course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/).

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### Test 1 · right ✓ {#t1}

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The class shouts "YouTuber!" and Leo says, "I'll make vids and get rich, easy." His sister says, "Most get like £0, mate." Who's right?

- **1.** His sister: most earn little or nothing, only a few get rich — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** Leo: anyone who posts videos gets rich quickly — no support
- **3.** Leo: YouTube pays everyone a salary — no support
- **4.** Neither: YouTubers are paid by the government — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 12: «YouTubers earn from ads on their videos; 1,000 views might earn about £1, so most earn little or nothing.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «little» (+4); the same action «earn» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/t1/)

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### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2}

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Sami says, "My uncle's a plumber and he's minted!" His mate goes, "Nah, plumbers ain't rich." ("Minted" means rich.) What did the teacher say?

- **1.** Some do very well; skilled trades can pay well — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Plumbers always earn the least of any job in the country — no support
- **3.** Plumbing is unpaid work, so the uncle can't be rich — no support
- **4.** Only footballers and pop stars can ever be minted — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/t2/)

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### Test 3 · right ✓ {#t3}

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A grandad from Durham says, "Hard graft, pet, sixty hours down the pit." ("Hard graft" means very hard work; "the pit" is the coal mine.) If he worked 6 days, how many hours a day?

- **1.** 10 — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** 6 — score -2
- **3.** 54 — score -2
- **4.** 12 — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, tied with another option at -2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 29, line 15: «Jobs change over time; coal miners once worked 6 days of 10 hours, which is 60 hours a week, and many mines have since closed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «work» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Your mate goes, "Carers get paid loads cos it's such an important job." What's actually true?

- **1.** Carers are paid by the hour more than doctors — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Carers are volunteers and are never paid at all — no support
- **3.** Many carers are low-paid, and people argue about whether they should get more — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Carers are the best-paid workers in the country — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 4: «A law called the minimum wage sets the least a boss may pay per hour, so nobody is paid next to nothing for a full day's work.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/t4/)

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### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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What would happen if there were no minimum wage at all?

- **1.** Everybody would be paid exactly the same — no support
- **2.** Everybody's pay would double overnight — no support
- **3.** Nobody would be allowed to work any more — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** Some bosses could pay workers very little per hour — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 11: «The minimum wage is the lowest pay per hour allowed by law; at roughly £12 an hour, as reported, 8 hours earns 8 × £12 = £96.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «allow» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Nina's mum says, "Good money, but I never see you." What is she talking about?

- **1.** Work-life balance: high pay can mean less family time — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Her job pays badly but she has loads of free time — no support
- **3.** She is working as an invisible magician — no support
- **4.** She is saying she never wants to see Nina again — **← Mova's choice** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 4: «Mistakes can be put right: when a 4-year-old walks out holding a toy he didn't understand he had to pay for, Mum takes it straight back and says sorry, and whe…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «mum» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/t6/)

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### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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In a cartoon, a bus driver earns £1 a year and a TV star earns £1 a year too. What's wrong?

- **1.** Pay is the same for every job by law — no support
- **2.** Bus drivers really earn more than TV stars — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Nothing, everyone really earns £1 a year — score 5
- **4.** Real pay varies, and a bus driver earns far more than £1 a year — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 20, line 1: «Most family money comes from work: a salary is a fixed amount paid every month, so if Dad earns £2,000 a month, that is 12 × £2,000 = £24,000 a year, and it pa…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «earn» (+3); the same doer «dad» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/t7/)

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### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8}

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A Gen Alpha cousin says, "My cousin got his first pay packet, he's buzzing, it's giving rich." ("Buzzing" means very happy; "it's giving" means it looks like.) He worked 6 hours at £8 — no, £9 — an hour. How much did he get?

- **1.** £54 — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** £15 — no support
- **3.** £69 — no support
- **4.** £48 — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Ella's dad earns £15 an hour. He works 35 hours one week. How much does he earn?

- **1.** £535 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** £525 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** £600 — no support
- **4.** £50 — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/t9/)

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### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10}

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Ruby goes, "Head teacher earns more cos she's the oldest, innit." What's a better reason?

- **1.** She has more responsibility, running the whole school — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She owns the school building — no support
- **3.** She shouts the loudest in assemblies — no support
- **4.** Older people always earn the most, whatever job they do — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/t10/)

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### Test 11 · right ✓ {#t11}

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Your nan says, "Back in my day, the mines employed half the town." What's true about jobs over time?

- **1.** Jobs never change, so the mines are all still open — score 0
- **2.** Every miner became a YouTuber — no support
- **3.** Coal mining is now the biggest job in Britain — no support
- **4.** Jobs change; many mines closed and new kinds of work appeared — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 15: «Jobs change over time; coal miners once worked 6 days of 10 hours, which is 60 hours a week, and many mines have since closed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «change» (+3); the same doer «jobs» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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It is given that an employee is remunerated at £15 per hour and works forty hours in a week. Determine the gross weekly remuneration.

- **1.** £640 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** £600 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** £55 — no support
- **4.** £400 — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the minimum wage?

- **1.** The lowest hourly rate of pay which an employer may lawfully offer — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A payment made to persons engaged in domestic chores — no support
- **3.** The greatest hourly rate of pay which an employer may lawfully offer — no support
- **4.** An award conferred upon the most diligent employee — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Ascertain the earnings of a care worker remunerated at £11 per hour in respect of a period of eight hours.

- **1.** £88 — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** £96 — no support
- **3.** £19 — no support
- **4.** £81 — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the earnings of persons who publish videos online.

- **1.** All receive an income in excess of one million pounds annually — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Their income is determined each year by the government of the day — no support
- **3.** All receive a salary from the platform on which they publish — no support
- **4.** The majority receive little or no income from such activity — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/e4/)

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